Car hopper and locking means therefor



W. EWINE CAR HOPPER AND LOOKING MEANS THEREFOR Filed Jan. 10, 1922 Patented ct. 1 1924.

WILLIAM E. WINE, F TOLEDO, OHIO.

GAR HOPPER AND LOCKING MEANS THEREFOR.

Application filed January 10, 1922. Serial No. 528,247.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. XVINE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and 5 State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Hoppers and Looking Means Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in hopper cars and especially to the hopper, hopper door and the means for supporting and locking the latter.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a hopper construction in which the door for closing the discharge opening of the hopper is below the general floor line of the car and to provide a door of strong and simple construction which may be reinforced by standard flanged sections, preferably in the form of angle irons, extending beyond the outer end of the door to form ledges for cooperating with supporting hooks pivotally secured to the side of the car body.

A principal feature of the invention consists in reinforcing the door by a plurality of angle irons secured to the outer face thereof and extending toward and being secured to hinge members by which said door is movably connected to an adjacent center sill of the car, the said angle irons each having one flange disposedsubstantially parallel to the plane of the door and having its other flange disposed an angle thereto, hooks pivotally mounted upon the outer side of the car being provided for engaging the angle irons to support the door in closed' position. I

Another feature of the invention consists in providing the car with a hopper formed by placing the hinged door for the hopper at a point below the general floor line such that the hopper terminates abovethe bottoms of the car sills between which it is lo- 4 cated a distance sufficient to permit the hinged door to be provided on its under side with flanged reinforcing members adapted to extend under and project outwardly bey n he n g g de sill of the car s as to afford seats or ledges for cooperating with pivotally mounted hooks carried upon the outer side of the car body.

Other features of the invention, residing in certain novel arrangements and combina tions of parts, will hereinafter appear and be pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings showing a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing the forward edge of a car door, the locking hooks and a fragmentary portion of the side of a car. 7

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view, showing one door, portions of a center sill and of a side sill, the outer frame work of the car and the locking device, the dotted lines showing the door in a dropped position.

It is to be understood at the outset that although I have shown the door and the locking device as applied to a freight car, the invention might equally be applied to other structures calling for a drop bottom door. 7 i i In the drawings, a type of car is shown having uprightstakes 1 and diagonal braces 3 of well known form. The ordinary floor of the car is shown at'41, while 5 indicates one of the center sills and'6 is the side sill adjacent thereto. The hoppers which are arranged on opposite sides of the center sills inwardly of the corresponding side sills are formed by hopper planks 7 extending downwardly below the car floor and terminating above thelower edges of the center and side sills 5 and6, respectively.

The center sill 5 is preferably formed as a flanged member of channel shape, and the adjacent side sill 6 is likewise preferably constructed as a channel iron. The flanges of these sills extend toward each other. Secured to the web of the center sill 5 between the flanges at the top and bottom of said sill are hinged brackets 9 for cooperating with hinged members 10 carried by the door 11.

The door, which is adapted'to swingto open position under the influence of gravity, is provided upon its under or outer side with a plurality of door arms 13 to theinner ends roject beyond the outer side of "said sill of which the hinges'lO are preferably firmly bolted.- 'The door arms'18 may advanta- ,geuslybe angle irons eachfof which has one flange abuttingand secured to the under surface of the door, the other flanges of said angle lI'OIlS being disposed 111 planes normal to thedoor so as to efficiently stiffen the latter. The outer ends of the angle iron door'arms 13 are adapted to'eXtend under the" lower flange of the side sill 6 so as'to edge of-the door and beyond the outer side a of thecarforme seats or ledges 15' adapted 1 to be seated {upon supportingi hooks 16.}

The hooks 1 6. are pivotally mounted upon 7 the! outernside: of the car. and their lower ends-extend downwardlybelow the bottom oft-he adjacent iside sill6'; The hooks are 1 preferably supported againstlateral'strains I by-ineanssof overlying brackets 17 riveted to the oppositely extending-legs orfiangesle Tithe hookstandthe cams 181are. rotated toposition for preventing releasing movements p the do o'r both forwardly and rearwardly will beefiectually prevented."

the outer "face of the car side sill; and

pivoted locking cams or dogs 18 adapted to engage saidhooksmay beemployed for pre ventingv the latter froni' accidentally swinging to aposition permitting the door: to o'pe'n.-- It ishdvantageous tofarrange" the llQOkS 16f5S0 that, as shown in the drawings,

they face. inopposite: directions," for. when of the angleiron'door armsare engaged by of the-hooks, a lateralshifting: movement of vTo close the door 11 it is only necessary to raise, it until the hooks l6'ca'n-be swungunder-the ledges-15 of'theangle' iron door arms "13'. lVh'en the'h'ooks have thus been latter; Y

'Bfy my invention a veryinexpei isive hopper] construction is provided wherein thedoorifor closing thedischarge opening of brought into supporting relation to the door -=arms the locking cams 18 are rotated and forced against the rear edges of the hooks with which they arerespectively associated,- ithus preventing accidental" release of the the hopper is well protected against accidental injury and at the same time is located sufliciently close-to the rail to render its elosingwby h'and easier than would'be the e. case if it were'xlocated at-the normal'floor heightl glft will be perceived that the, door 1 is Y strongly reinforced by the angle irons; which ,cooperatewith 'thehooks to support the door, and that the rear ends of the supportingangle irons also provide reinforcements for the hlngesp 1 Manyflsli'ght changesgmay bemadewith; out in;.anyfwaydeparting from the-spirit and scope'ofthe invention,

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a freight car having center and side sills and a hopper located between the adjacent center and side sills, of a hingeddoor for closing the dis charge opening of said hopper, and means movab-ly mounted on the outer side of the car side sill for releasably supporting said door in closed position, the lower end of said hopper-being above the bottoms of the said sills between which it is disposed, and said door having rigidly secured to the outer face thereof an arm projecting beyond the free edgeof the doorandadapted when'said doorv is closed to extend under the adjacent side sill of the car in position to be supportingly engaged by said; means for supporting said-door in closed'position between which it is. disposed, said sills be: tween which said hopper is arranged having flanges extending toward-saiddoor, said door beingliinged to the adjacent center sill abovethebottom of the latter, and said door having secured to the outer face there: of means adapted to extend under the adjacent side sill'of the car in position to'be supportingly engaged by said '(pivotally mounted means for supporting sai door in closed position; i i

In combination with a freight oar having center and side sills and formed with a hopper located between adjacent center and sidesills, ofa hinged door for closing the discharge opening of said hopper,- and a plurality of hooks pivotally mounted on the outer side of said car for releasably supporting said door in closed. position, the lower end of said hopper being above the bottoms of said sills between which it is.

disposed, said sills between which. said hopper is arranged having-flanges extending toward each other, said door being hinged tothe adjacent center sill above a flange with which the latter isqprovided, and said door havingrigidly secured {to the outer face thereof a plurality of flanged members whichxare' adapted toextend under the adjacent side sill of the car imposition vto be respectivelyengaged by said pivotally mounted hooks. V

4a In combination with a freight can having flanged center-sills and provided with a hinged do'or adapted to: swing; to open position under the influence of gravity, said door being hinged to an adjacent center the plane of said door and having a flange sill below a flange on the latter extending disposed at an angle thereto, and a hook 10 toward said door, a flanged door-arm sepivotally mounted on the outer side of said cured to the outer face of said door and excar and adapted to swing into supporting tending outwardly beyond the free edge engagement with the said flange of the door thereof and beyond the outer side of the arm which is parallel to the door.

car, said door-arm having atits outer end In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

a flange extending substantially parallel to WILLIAM E. WINE. 

